Pay distribution $27,490 10th $30,220 25th $35,970 75th $38,660 90th
Half of Nursing Assistants in the Lake Charles metro area earn more than $33,850 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,220 and $35,970.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $27,490 $30,220 $33,850 $35,970 $38,660 Hourly $13.22 $14.53 $16.27 $17.29 $18.59
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Lake Charles metro areathis metro area
$33,850 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $30,220 to $35,970
$30,510 median for Louisiana; middle half earns $29,070 to $35,100
$42,260 median for United States; middle half earns $37,260 to $47,220
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +11% vs Louisiana overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $33,507 $45,173 $56,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,850 Dothan, AL — $29,830 Monroe, LA — $29,880 Hot Springs, AR — $29,940 Lafayette, LA — $29,960 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $30,140 Gadsden, AL — $30,440 Hattiesburg, MS — $30,440 Alexandria, LA — $30,650 Mobile, AL — $30,880 Baton Rouge, LA — $31,220 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $31,520 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $31,920 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $31,940 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $32,020 Jackson, MS — $32,040 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $32,110 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $32,160 Tuscaloosa, AL — $32,860 Texarkana, TX-AR — $32,880 Hammond, LA — $33,010 Lake Charles, LA — $33,850 Victoria, TX — $33,980 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $33,990 Valdosta, GA — $34,040 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $34,050 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $34,150 Tallahassee, FL — $34,180 Enid, OK — $34,250 Lubbock, TX — $34,300 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,320 Homosassa Springs, FL — $34,510 Longview, TX — $34,510 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,600 Columbus, GA-AL — $34,970 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $35,110 Laredo, TX — $35,120 El Paso, TX — $35,170 Lawton, OK — $35,190 Huntsville, AL — $35,210 Jonesboro, AR — $35,210 Montgomery, AL — $35,210 Albany, GA — $35,260 Corpus Christi, TX — $35,300 Tyler, TX — $35,300 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,370 San Angelo, TX — $35,390 Florence, SC — $35,400 Birmingham, AL — $35,470 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $35,530 College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,610 Sebring, FL — $35,650 Logan, UT-ID — $35,720 Beckley, WV — $35,810 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,820 Sumter, SC — $35,860 Jacksonville, NC — $35,880 Morgantown, WV — $35,880 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $35,900 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $35,940 Midland, TX — $35,970 Sherman-Denison, TX — $35,970 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,000 Jefferson City, MO — $36,080 Manhattan, KS — $36,080 Dalton, GA — $36,110 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $36,110 Killeen-Temple, TX — $36,120 Springfield, MO — $36,180 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $36,190 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $36,220 Charleston, WV — $36,250 Odessa, TX — $36,250 Decatur, AL — $36,280 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,330 Pocatello, ID — $36,330 Terre Haute, IN — $36,360 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,420 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,430 Minot, ND — $36,500 Ocala, FL — $36,510 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,520 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,540 Oklahoma City, OK — $36,560 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,650 Amarillo, TX — $36,700 Punta Gorda, FL — $36,700 Tulsa, OK — $36,720 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,800 Bloomington, IN — $36,820 Jackson, TN — $36,900 Wheeling, WV-OH — $36,910 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $36,930 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,950 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $36,970 Gainesville, FL — $36,990 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,050 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $37,070 Muncie, IN — $37,080 Cleveland, TN — $37,130 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,140 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $37,140 Evansville, IN — $37,180 Fort Wayne, IN — $37,210 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $37,220 Rome, GA — $37,220 Waco, TX — $37,290 Wichita, KS — $37,290 Johnson City, TN — $37,310 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,320 Lima, OH — $37,360 Columbia, SC — $37,400 Las Cruces, NM — $37,400 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,430 Abilene, TX — $37,460 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,470 Warner Robins, GA — $37,500 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,510 Fayetteville, NC — $37,530 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,550 Morristown, TN — $37,620 Rocky Mount, NC — $37,650 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,690 Port St. Lucie, FL — $37,690 Wilmington, NC — $37,710 Idaho Falls, ID — $37,720 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $37,730 Jacksonville, FL — $37,760 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,760 Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,840 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,850 Paducah, KY-IL — $37,860 Yuma, AZ — $37,860 Wichita Falls, TX — $37,870 Kankakee, IL — $37,900 Sandusky, OH — $37,910 Elmira, NY — $37,960 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,970 Knoxville, TN — $38,000 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,010 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,010 Springfield, OH — $38,020 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,030 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $38,150 Kokomo, IN — $38,250 Bay City, MI — $38,260 Columbus, IN — $38,260 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $38,260 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $38,320 Bowling Green, KY — $38,340 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,340 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $38,400 Monroe, MI — $38,420 Savannah, GA — $38,450 Ogden, UT — $38,480 Rapid City, SD — $38,500 Lawrence, KS — $38,520 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,530 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $38,530 Goldsboro, NC — $38,540 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,550 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $38,550 Missoula, MT — $38,550 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,550 Lincoln, NE — $38,650 Winston-Salem, NC — $38,660 Twin Falls, ID — $38,670 Topeka, KS — $38,720 Casper, WY — $38,730 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,740 Salisbury, MD — $38,740 Johnstown, PA — $38,760 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $38,760 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,790 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,810 Harrisonburg, VA — $38,830 Altoona, PA — $38,870 Lewiston, ID-WA — $38,870 Grand Island, NE — $38,880 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $38,880 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,930 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,940 Roanoke, VA — $38,960 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,990 Cleveland, OH — $39,010 Owensboro, KY — $39,020 Burlington, NC — $39,090 Cedar Rapids, IA — $39,110 St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,110 Billings, MT — $39,150 Flint, MI — $39,190 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $39,190 Boise City, ID — $39,220 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,230 Akron, OH — $39,250 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $39,260 Great Falls, MT — $39,330 Iowa City, IA — $39,330 Midland, MI — $39,340 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,350 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $39,380 Mansfield, OH — $39,380 Farmington, NM — $39,390 Saginaw, MI — $39,400 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,430 Erie, PA — $39,430 State College, PA — $39,440 Greenville, NC — $39,480 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $39,500 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $39,510 Dover, DE — $39,600 Toledo, OH — $39,700 Kansas City, MO-KS — $39,710 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,710 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $39,730 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $39,790 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $39,820 Williamsport, PA — $39,830 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $39,890 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $39,900 Fargo, ND-MN — $39,940 Albuquerque, NM — $39,950 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,950 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,970 Omaha, NE-IA — $40,020 Rochester, NY — $40,050 Spartanburg, SC — $40,050 Springfield, IL — $40,070 Jackson, MI — $40,080 St. Cloud, MN — $40,130 Rockford, IL — $40,140 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $40,160 Asheville, NC — $40,170 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $40,260 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,350 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,510 St. George, UT — $40,520 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,560 Niles, MI — $41,070 Columbia, MO — $41,290 Gainesville, GA — $41,390 Dubuque, IA — $41,580 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $41,670 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $41,870 Traverse City, MI — $41,900 Decatur, IL — $41,990 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $42,220 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $42,490 Gettysburg, PA — $42,520 Helena, MT — $42,520 Tucson, AZ — $42,560 Richmond, VA — $42,720 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $42,770 Syracuse, NY — $42,940 Columbus, OH — $42,970 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $43,010 Peoria, IL — $43,040 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $43,080 Pittsburgh, PA — $43,080 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $43,140 Eau Claire, WI — $43,150 Bloomington, IL — $43,180 Green Bay, WI — $43,450 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $43,510 Ames, IA — $43,540 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,560 Lynchburg, VA — $43,660 Wausau, WI — $43,660 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $43,940 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $43,940 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,980 Charlottesville, VA — $44,140 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $44,210 Duluth, MN-WI — $44,250 Lexington Park, MD — $44,270 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,340 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,360 Binghamton, NY — $44,410 Fond du Lac, WI — $44,490 York-Hanover, PA — $44,530 Ann Arbor, MI — $44,570 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,580 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $44,590 El Centro, CA — $44,670 Fresno, CA — $44,710 Kingston, NY — $44,710 Merced, CA — $44,730 Springfield, MA — $44,740 Appleton, WI — $44,760 Redding, CA — $44,880 Lancaster, PA — $44,890 Grand Junction, CO — $44,980 New Haven, CT — $45,030 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,180 Chambersburg, PA — $45,260 Madison, WI — $45,260 Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,260 Pueblo, CO — $45,270 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,290 Lebanon, PA — $45,340 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,350 Anchorage, AK — $45,370 Battle Creek, MI — $45,470 Reading, PA — $45,530 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,560 Ithaca, NY — $45,640 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,690 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $45,710 Worcester, MA — $45,710 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,730 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $45,730 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $45,740 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $45,970 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $45,980 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $45,980 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $46,110 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,120 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $46,130 Yuba City, CA — $46,130 Bozeman, MT — $46,220 Kenosha, WI — $46,220 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,220 Cheyenne, WY — $46,320 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,330 Chico, CA — $46,380 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $46,400 Mankato, MN — $46,430 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,430 Santa Fe, NM — $46,530 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,530 Modesto, CA — $46,550 Pittsfield, MA — $46,620 Greeley, CO — $46,670 Bismarck, ND — $46,720 Reno, NV — $46,760 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,800 Visalia, CA — $46,810 Rochester, MN — $46,840 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,840 Carson City, NV — $46,880 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $46,940 Bangor, ME — $46,970 Sheboygan, WI — $47,050 Yakima, WA — $47,080 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $47,130 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,240 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,380 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,510 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,590 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,630 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,830 Medford, OR — $47,890 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $47,940 Walla Walla, WA — $47,990 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,020 Bellingham, WA — $48,040 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $48,060 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,060 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $48,070 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,180 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,190 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $48,320 Barnstable Town, MA — $48,520 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $48,520 Albany, OR — $48,550 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $48,570 Corvallis, OR — $48,830 Salem, OR — $48,840 Salinas, CA — $48,870 Vineland, NJ — $48,890 Vallejo, CA — $48,900 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $49,020 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $49,110 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $49,160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,240 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $49,270 Grants Pass, OR — $49,770 Boulder, CO — $49,860 Bend, OR — $50,080 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $50,350 Napa, CA — $50,370 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $51,990 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $56,080 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $56,840 Lake Charles metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Lake Charles metro area has the 363rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 385 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Louisiana Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for nursing assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lake Charles metro areathis page
$33,850 median for Lake Charles metro area; middle half earns $30,220 to $35,970
$34,320 median for New Orleans metro area; middle half earns $30,260 to $36,820
$34,050 median for Slidell metro area; middle half earns $30,350 to $35,750
$33,010 median for Hammond metro area; middle half earns $28,710 to $37,290
$32,160 median for Shreveport metro area; middle half earns $29,570 to $35,610
$31,220 median for Baton Rouge metro area; middle half earns $29,980 to $35,020
$30,650 median for Alexandria metro area; middle half earns $28,840 to $35,100
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .